8 MAY VICTORY WHAT VICTORY?

A YOUNG NURSE TOLD TO WARN THE GRANDPARENTS BEFORE THEY SAW THEIR WOUNDED BOY   

BOMBER PILOTS   KIT UNPACKED WENT OUT THAT NIGHT ON THEIR FIRST FLIGHT   NEVER CAME BACK

BETWEEN FACTUAL+MYTHICAL  WOMEN WITH THEIR HAIR TIED UP  SHIFTING RUBBLE  50 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF IT IN BERLIN ALONE   

IT’S VICTORY IN EUROPE DAY 75 YEARS ON  AND AFTER THE COVID DEPRESSION  WILL TOMORROW’S REBUILD BE SEA BUBBLE SLOW? 

OR CAN WE MARSHAL A PLAN?

AND WHAT’S IT ALL FOR?   NOW MILLIONS KNOW FOR SURE  WHAT THEY SORT OF ALREADY KNEW    

WORK THEY MADE THEMSELVES DO    FOR THE WIFE’S SAKE  THE CHILDREN’S SAKE      FOR CRISSAKE  

THEY NEVER REALLY HAD TO     

ALL THAT TIME  ALL THOSE LIFETIMES SINCE 1945  ALL THOSE LIFETIMES          

WISHING THAT BUILD BACK BETTER WILL NOT MEAN CONDEMNING PEOPLE TO MORE MEANINGLESS WORK

YOURS TRULY       

THE NEWS POET